Continued Sanctions Against Russia And Belarus

On March 2, 2022, in response to the increased escalation in Ukraine, the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed new export control measures targeting Belarus for its assistance to Russia during the escalation. The measures mirror the export control measures targeting Russia implemented on February 24, 2022. These measures take effect immediately. Our prior alert on February 25, discussed the additional export control measures targeting Russia.

Broadly, the measures do the following:

• Impose a license requirement for the export, reexport, or transfer of any item subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and described in any Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) in Categories 3 through 9 of the Commerce Control List (CCL). License applications will be subject to a policy of denial (except in certain specified cases), and limited license exceptions are available. Like the Russian measures, the license